Daniel Buren and Michelangelo Pistoletto at Palais d'léna

Opening hours: October 18 to 22, 2023, from 10am to 7pm; October 23 to 31, 2023, from 11am to 7pm
The 2023 exhibition in the museum spaces of the Palais d’Iéna brings together two artists who have had exceptional careers: Michelangelo Pistoletto (Biella, Italy, 1933) and Daniel Buren (Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 1938). Since the early 1960s, their work has been exhibited in major museums, institutions, and galleries around the world. The project, commissioned by the art historian Matthieu Poirier and supported by Galleria Continua, will be revealed at the public opening on October 17. An unprecedented dialog between the two artists, the exhibition will respond to the unique architecture of the Palais d’Iéna, designed by Auguste Perret in 1937. The art will play with the building’s angles, its large-scale spaces, the subtle polychrome of its exposed concrete, its exceptional luminosity, its urban surroundings, the interplay of perspectives and levels, and its complex symmetry. The historical themes brought into focus by the two artists seem to lent themselves to their work.
Students from the École du Louvre are available every day from October 18 to October 22, from 2pm to 5.30pm, to provide visitors with information.